Wildey, Alexander, 1865-1953
A commercial printer and artist. Secretary of the Canterbury College School of Art Sketch Club in 1925 and exhibited at the N.Z. Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, in the same year. There is a photograph of a painting by Wildey "Artist's version of Carrington Peak" in Pascoe Album III (PA1-o-408, p 028). Obituary in New Zealand Biographies 1953, Volume 1, p.48. See Art Biographies Index for further information.
He published and printed 'The New Zealand Wheelman' for cyclists between 1892 and 1902.
Other
Date:
[Between 1930 and 1935]
From:
Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
By:
Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972; Wildey, Alexander, 1865-1953
Reference:
PA1-o-408
Description:
Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps. They include views of mountain ranges, glaciers and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by the mountaineers.
Most of the photographs are fully described, with names of people usually given with initials and surnames, or nicknames.
Landscapes too, are mostly fully described, with peaks and routes traversed marked on the images.
The album includes a map of the Rakaia-Mathias River area, drawn by E. Porter; a map of the "Three pass route" across the Southern Alps, drawn by Len Boot (p. 003); two extracts from the New Zealand Alpine Journal hand-written by J D Pascoe (from Vol. IV, no. 18, p. 209-210; and Vol. IV, no. 18, p. 213-214); and a photograph of a painting by A E Wildey, with caption "Artist's versin of Carrington Peak" (p. 028).
Pages 89-94 show the preparations and work undertaken by a large rescue party involved in searching for two school teachers, B Robbins and H D Smith, who died while attempting to cross the Harman Pass, en route from Hokitika to the Bealey.
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in bottom right-hand corner; [247 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm
Image
Date:
1881 - 1936 - 1883
From:
Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :[Fiordland sketches. 1880s]
Reference:
E-119-q-045
Description:
View of bay and surrounding mountains.
Note on verso by A E Wildey, 1936 - `Important note - There is a close up dated 1883 of Ballon Pk and Saddle now in Turnbull Library, Wellington of Moreton's collection'.
Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Title
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil, 150 x 240 mm
Manuscript
Date:
1863 (1915, 1920)
By:
Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921
Reference:
qMS-1386
Description:
Other related material bound in: 1. List of newspaper sources, 1863-1864, on Hector's expedition; with Moreton's ms transcripts of various newspaper accounts relating to the Milford district - particularly Martin's Bay, Jackson's Bay and Big Bay (The Press, 1875, 1886-1887). 2. Hector's official report (Otago Provincial Govt Gazette, 1863, p 435-478). 3. A E Wildey Making the most of our Fiordland (1926); with ms note by the author. 4. Newspaper account; Mr White's narrative of the disappearance of Professor Mainwaring Brown, while exploring Lake Manapouri, 10 Dec 1888.
Also tourist brochure, 1924; reproductions of two paintings by Moreton, and photos of him and W Boers.
Loose at rear: 4 newspaper clippings
Quantity: 1 volume(s) (cca 60 pages).
Physical Description: Typescripts and mss (35 cm; ½ green calf, green linen)
Includes illustrations and portraits
Image
Date:
ca 1908-1909
From:
A E Wildey Collection : Photographs of A E Wildey and Samuel Moreton
Reference:
PAColl-7531-02
Description:
A E Wildey with a backpack on his back and carrying an axe and a billy can. Photographer unidentified.
Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - A E Wildey in the Routeburn Wakatipu with S H Moreton on a 2 month trip sketching and climbing in Xmas 1908 to Feb 20 1909
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Manuscript
Date:
16 Sep-21 Nov 1890
By:
Weir, Albert, active 1890-1937
Reference:
MS-Papers-3549
Description:
Record of a trip around the West Coast Sounds by a party of gold prospectors and marble experts. Also includes the log of the `Heather Bell' (5 leaves)
A party of gold prospectors and marble experts, promoted by S H Moreton and Donald Sutherland, made an expedition to the West Coast Sounds in 1890, sailing on the cutter `Haranui' and the `Heather Bell'
Source of title - Supplied
Quantity: 1 folder(s) (24 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)
Provenance: Copied from original by A E Wildey on 24 Mar 1937, and deposited in the National Archives by Mr J H Christie on 10 Feb 1965
Pen sketch of Deep Bay (Stewart Island)
Image
Date:
1939
By:
Blakley, Stanley T, active 1939; Bate, Joan, active 1968
Reference:
G-373
Description:
Head and shoulders portrait of artist and printer, A. E. Wildey, three-quarters frontal view, dressed in a suit and tie with a white handkerchief in his left breast pocket.
Other Titles - Alex Wildey
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - S.T.Blakley. '39 [in red brushpoint]; Recto - top right - paper label attached, inscribed Joan no. 28.
Quantity: 1 oil(s).
Physical Description: Oil on canvas 610 x 460 mm
Manuscript
Date:
1950-1966
By:
Wildey, Alexander Edward, 1888-1967
Reference:
MS-Papers-1876
Description:
Correspondence of A E Wildey, Christchurch, printer and colour photographer, and son of Alex Wildey, close friend of the explorer and painter S H Moreton. Family photographs and photographs of paintings by Moreton
Quantity: 1 folder(s) (19 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs
Manuscript
Date:
1938
From:
Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers
Reference:
75-241-076A
Description:
Includes some correspondence. Some of the material is not in Pascoe's hand.
Accompanying material - Note by Graham Langton in 1993 suggesting that material not written by Pascoe could have been by Charles Hilgendorf or Mildred Mueller
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Image
Date:
ca 1903-1908
Reference:
PAColl-7531
Description:
Photographs of A E Wildey and Samuel Moreton. Photographer unidentified.
Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).
Manuscript
Date:
1920-1932
From:
Alexander Turnbull Library (Wellington) : Correspondence files
Reference:
MS-Papers-0181-092
Description:
Names of correspondents not entered in Name Field include: Miss Wickham; Rev Charles Wickham; Mrs Arthur Wicks (Warrenton, Oregon); Mrs Alice Wiggins; Miss Dora Wilcox re Charles Meryon; Rev Canon J R Wilford; Mrs T M Wilford; F W Willey; Mrs Bradney Williams; Miss Helen Williams; W Williams (Christchurch); James H Williams; James H Williams re Nanto Bordelaise Company. Also narrative entitled `Violin made from the teak of the `Endeavour' by James Williamson of Wadestown, Wellington, 1917' and signed JCA.
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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